Police: Dillingham Street Bridge jumper 'just wanted to cool off'

The 45-year-old man who police say leapt into the Chattahoochee River faced charges of jumping off the Dillingham Street Bridge in a Thursday morning Recorder's Court hearing.

According to court testimony, witnesses who saw the man jump off the bridge told police the man said he was going to hurt himself. However, after the man was found on the banks, he told officers that he was hot and "just wanted to cool off."

He was released from The Medical Center with no reported injuries Wednesday afternoon and taken to Muscogee County Jail.

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